Reach weapons
aid another option
flanking
The temple Bard (MoF has a spell to increase the bonus from 1 to 2 this is a lot of fun for missle troops)
Bless spells
Caltrops (Slows movement)
Grapple annoying party members
Monkey Pile the wizard
Miracle for Mass Haste
Give all the temple guards blind fighting and cast darkness
PBS Rapid fire and Precise shot Str Bows and sneak attack (3F/1R)
good dex in buff range ambush shoot from hidden arrow slits
Hold the line feat owners hit back up caltrops (in two ranks this comes to a lot of AoOs) repeat on down the hall.
Lone PCs wading into the masses suffer from Combat reflex having longspearmen.
Tactics and Buffing should hurt the PCs.
aid another option
flanking
The temple Bard (MoF has a spell to increase the bonus from 1 to 2 this is a lot of fun for missle troops)
Bless spells
Caltrops (Slows movement)
Grapple annoying party members
Monkey Pile the wizard
Miracle for Mass Haste
Give all the temple guards blind fighting and cast darkness
PBS Rapid fire and Precise shot Str Bows and sneak attack (3F/1R)
good dex in buff range ambush shoot from hidden arrow slits
Hold the line feat owners hit back up caltrops (in two ranks this comes to a lot of AoOs) repeat on down the hall.
Lone PCs wading into the masses suffer from Combat reflex having longspearmen.
Tactics and Buffing should hurt the PCs.
